Hi GerardM,

It was a typo from my side when writing the implications. Where it says
"must" it should have been "should" (corrected). The first sentence of the
guidelines is correct and it reads:
- Wikidata is a collection of sourced data, which means that most
statements should indicate the data provenance.

The guidelines are suggestions we should strive for. They are not intended
as strong rules, instead I see them as a commitment to aim for sourced data.
There are already projects that are open to all kinds of data (dbpedia
comes to mind), and I don't think it is a good idea to replicate what they
do.

Cheers,
Micru


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Gerard Meijssen
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hoi,
> I have been thinking about requirements like any assertion must be
> sourced. I think they will kill much of the embryonic community Wikidata
> has.
>
> When people of any Wikipedia want to make sure that the data of Wikidata
> contains sources to assertions, they are welcome to add them. Requiring
> them is something they may do to the extend of their use on their project.
>
> Thanks,
>      GerardM
>
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/06/defending-wiki-in-wikidata.html
>
>
> On 3 June 2013 00:14, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> After almost 2 months of deliberations, we are aiming to close the RfC on
>> References and Sources on June 15. The result of the discussions has been
>> condensed into the proposed Guidelines for sourcing staments.
>>
>> http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Please_review_the_.22Guidelines_for_sourcing_staments.22_before_June_15
>>
>> And also these proposed enhancements will help users to enter and to
>> display sources more easily:
>> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49067
>> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49068
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Micru
>>
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